Gary and Pat Black, Newton, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday Aug. 15 at the Newton Recreation Center, 415 North Poplar in Newton.

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Aug 8, 2009 at 12:01 AMAug 8, 2009 at 6:00 PM

Black and the former Patricia Adams were married Aug. 22, 1959, at the First Baptist Church in Dodge City. He retired as an engineer from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway after 38 years, and she retired from Bethel College in 2001 and from Newton Medical Center in 2008.

Hosts for the event are their children and grandchildren, Jim and Shelley Black and daughter Christen, Newton, and Brian Black and son Tyler Black, and Debbie Williams, Wichita.

The couple requests no gifts.

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